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moony-chaz 
Lyra beamed broadly when she heard she could try next. ´Finally, my moment of glory! victory! and uhm... indestructable fox ears! woohoo´ Lyra giggled at her own thoughts for a second and then closed her eyes, concentrating on a fox. Frowning a bit, she bent her head low her eyes still closed and the shape of a fox appeared in her mind. ´Ok now just focus on the ears, you don´t want to transform into a whole fox, atleast not now´ Lyra giggled again knowing that she had to stop herself from it otherwise it won´t work, concentration was the key at Transfiguration. Slowly but clearly she saw fox ears in her mind. Then, like a knight raising a sword, she held her wand up and pointed it at her ears, eyes opening now she said " Bestiar ears!" Lyra didn´t feel anything. Her ears weren´t fury and neither could she hear better than she normally did. Sighing she knew she hadn´t accomplished her *mission*. Feeling a bit dissapointed in her lack of magical abilities. She tried again, raising her wand to her ears again she said, "Bestiar ears!" . Now, she did feel something, it was like someone had pinched her ears but as quickly as it came it vanished too. Lyra looked up at Kiri, dissapointment and a bit of anger written on her face. " I guess i´m too young to learn this" She said lowering her wand down and sighing deeply.
Kiri watched in anticipation as Lyra prepared to transform her own ears into a fox's. A tiny part of her wondered what it would do to her self-esteem if the first year managed to pull it off while she herself had only managed to sprout some fluffy hair. That was a mean thought, though, and she banished it immediately. She smiled encouragingly. "Good luck."
But oh, all the good luck apparently didn't help. The enthusiasm and excitement faded from Lyra's face as she tried several times to transform her ears, and it never worked. Kiri's own disappointment was mirrored in the girl's eyes, but at least when she had tried it, she'd been able to
hear like a fox. Presumably, at any rate.
She rubbed Lyra's arm affectionately. "Oh, don't worry about it, Lyra," she said. "I don't think
anyone could have managed it at your age. It's really difficult! I think I'll be very proud of myself if I can do it in two years or so."
Just to make sure, though, she checked the girl's ears. They looked reasonably human, however.
At the professor's words, she turned around. "I think we're supposed to be done now, though." She sighed and pocketed her wand.